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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAEMOPHILIA AND SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA?
Hemophilia is a group of inherited blood disorders in which the blood does not clot properly.An affected individual may bleed spontaneously or for longer than a healthy person after injury or surgery.
Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down through families in which red blood cells form an abnormal sickle or crescent shape. Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body and are normally shaped like a disc.
 Sickle cell anemia is caused by an abnormal type of hemoglobin called hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is a protein inside red blood cells that carries oxygen.
    Hemoglobin S changes the shape of red blood cells. The red blood cells become shaped like crescents or sickles.    The fragile, sickle-shaped cells deliver less oxygen to the body's tissues.    They can also get stuck more easily in small blood vessels, as well as break into pieces that can interrupt healthy blood flow. These problems decrease the amount of oxygen flowing to body tissues even more.

Sickle cell anemia is inherited from both parents. If you inherit the sickle cell gene from only one parent, you will have sickle cell trait. People with sickle cell trait do not have the symptoms of sickle cell anemia.


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